Nick Luck Daily Podcast

Nick kicks off the show this Wednesday morning with Regulus Partners’ Dan Waugh, reacting to a report in The Times that Machine Gaming Duty is set to rise to 25 per cent in next week’s budget rather than the feared 40 per cent. Racing Post senior writer Lee Mottershead joins Nick to unpack the story and what it says about racing’s lobbying, plus Flutter’s job cuts and ex-Gosden stayer Point of Law’s Geelong Cup win. George Scott confirms Bay City Roller will join Ombudsman in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland, while Jayne McGivern explains why she has brought Hukum back from Japan to stand at Overbury alongside Golden Horn. In France, Nick Bell reveals why Haras de Meautry is standing a stallion for the first time in 20 years, and Timeform’s David Johnson looks back on Champions Day and where Ombudsman ranks among the Gosden greats.

In this special edition, Nick interviews the recently appointed Chair of the British Horseracing Authority, as he seeks to determine his vision and strategy for the sport. Mirror journalist David Yates provides commentary and analysis.

Nick kicks off the show this Monday morning by catching up with John Gosden who confirms that Ombudsman will head to Keeneland for the Breeders’ Cup following his fabulous victory in the Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Racing TV’s Lydia Hislop is alongside Nick for today’s show and they reflect further on Saturday’s racing whilst TPD’s Adam Mills tells us just how Ombudsman got the better of Calandagan this time around. Dave Ord is at Cheltenham as he catches up with Chief Executive Guy Lavender and clerk of the course Jon Pullin on the busy summer sorting out the drainage and also having the track ready for racing this weekend. Further afield we hear from Everest winning trainer Ciaron Maher after his filly Tempted downed Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising. Also from Australia ,Vicky Leonard joins us to discuss the impact of the incredibly unfortunate incident in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup, which resulted in a fatality.

Charlotte Greenway brings you all the interviews from the podcast this week ahead of British Champions Day at Ascot. It’s an incredibly important day for Andrew Balding as he looks to land his first trainers title and discusses his team before Rob Hornby, Kieran Shoemark and Clifford Lee run through their rides in the Group 1s.

Nick is joined by Matt Chapman to look ahead to the 2026 edition of British Champions’ day, with guests Rob Hornby, Clifford Lee, and David Redvers. Plus we hear from Zac Purton ahead of Ka Ying Rising’s Everest run, while agent Archie St George looks forward to a potential windfall at the Breeders’ Cup Championship sale.